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Photo Credit: TIMES PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ - Wil Hoskin and Duncan Ketel, both teachers at Mitch Charter school, walk though the school's garden. The water jug in the forefront is a solution for a greenhouse created by students.

Oregon Local NewsReported in The Tualatin Times ​An industrial park isn’t typically the first location that comes to mind when one thinks of a school, and it’s definitely not what one imagines when that school is actively incorporating agriculture into its curriculum. But, nestled between businesses and warehouses, that’s exactly what MITCH Charter School in Tualatin has set out to do.

“It’s the primary technology for any civilization. (If) we don’t have agriculture, we don’t make it,” said Melissa Meyer, the school’s executive director. “So one way or another, our students, our childrenPhoto Credit: TIMES PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ - Wil Hoskin and Duncan Ketel, both teachers at Mitch Charter school, walk though the school's garden. The water jug in the forefront is a solution for a greenhouse created by students.Photo Credit: TIMES PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ - Wil Hoskin and Duncan Ketel, both teachers at Mitch Charter school, walk though the school's garden. The water jug in the forefront is a solution for a greenhouse created by students.